Nelja Energia opened its first cogeneration plant and pellet factory in Brocēni, Latvia. The total cost of the investment is around Euro 30 million. The cogeneration plant and pellet factory create 35 jobs.
The pellet business and the combined heat and power production are a new area of activity for the company, but the tests and the initiation period of the pellet factory and the cogeneration plant were passed with success.
“Nelja Energia is mainly known as the biggest producer of wind power in the Baltic states, but we can now announce our expansion, which is the first cogeneration plant powered by chipped wood and also our first pellet factory in Latvia. Cooperation with the partners and also the local team has been great and we are satisfied with the investment,” commented Martin Kruus, the Chairman of the Management Board of Nelja Energia AS, on the growth of the energy company and thanked UPB, Hekotek, Inspecta and other partners for good cooperation.
The planned annual production of the modern pellet factory is at least 120,000 tonnes of pellets. The plant is supplied with energy by the cogeneration plant working with biofuel, which has thermal power of 19.4 MW and electrical power of 3.98 MW. The annual estimated electricity production of the cogeneration plant is 30,000 MWh.
